Nigeria currently has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world, with only 17% of mothers exclusively breastfeeding their infants for the recommended 6 months. The National Demographic & Health Survey of 2018 puts early initiation rate of breastfeeding at 42%, an indication that a substantial proportion of children in Nigeria do not have […]
Atunto Osun Cooperative Society, peaked on Wednesday, February 08, 2024, with the presentation of N10 million cheque to members of the Cooperative Society in Iwo, Osun state. The cheque presentation event, well attended by dignitaries and leaders from the nooks and crannies of the ancient town, held at the Iwo city hall. The Atunto Osun […]
A Non-Governmental Organization – the Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) not to shield any individual or group committing financial crimes in the Country; rather it should expose them to get rid of economic problems facing the Country. It would be recalled that the EFCC […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has banned alcoholic beverages produced in sachets less than 200ml. The agency said the five-year window given to the manufacturers of the products to stop producing the drinks in sachets and pet bottles which began in 2028 elapsed on January 31, 2024. She said enforcement of […]
The Informant247 has challenged the management of the Kwara State Polytechnic to go ahead with its threat if the institution feels it has been defamed. The online newspaper added that it has all necessary evidence intact to defend all facts contained in its investigative report. Read full statement below: Kwara State Polytechnic’s Rejoinder To The […]
….Tasks IGP To Investigate Issue The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has sympathized with the Secretary of the Ogun State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Bunmi Adigun, who was attacked, harassed, manhandled and rough-handled by the security aides attached to the Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, in […]
.. best performing students to get full scholarship to varsity level The Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Mallam Saliu Mustapha, has commenced the 2024 edition of annual West Africa Examination Council (WAEC), National Examination Council (NECO) and Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) scholarships for indigents and orphans in the […]
Born on January 12, 1940, Chief Rasaki Okoya is a billionaire industrialist with a Midas touch. The Aare of Lagos is the owner and founder of Eleganza group of companies and RAO Investment Properties whose tentacles have spread across Nigeria and the West African countries. With his experience as an industrial magnate spanning over 6 […]
The Group Managing Directors (GMDs) of Zenith, Providus and Jaiz banks, on Tuesday, honoured the invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to hand over documents relating to accounts operated by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to the anti-graft agency. A source from the Agency confirmed that the bank Czars, departed the Abuja […]
– By Abdulganiyu Abdulqadir – ABDUL ABDUL On housing, education and skills, health and social care, transport, and economic development, local government is better placed to make decisions in the interests of local communities. – Wesley Streeting December 31, 2023, the last day of the past year witnessed individual and organisational stock-taking. It was a […]
